Brand Details
About BSA
- Category
- Motorbike
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Europe
- Founded
- 1919
- Headquarters
- Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Parent
- Classic Legends (Mahindra Group)
- Format
- Transparent PNG
Shown for identification. BSA and its logo are trademarks of their respective owner.
Brand History
The BSA Story
BSA grew out of the Birmingham Small Arms Company, a gunmakers' consortium formed in 1861, which began producing motorcycles in 1910 and put them under a dedicated subsidiary, BSA Cycles, in 1919. By the mid-twentieth century BSA was the largest motorcycle manufacturer in the world, with models such as the Gold Star and Bantam becoming British icons. The group declined sharply in the face of Japanese competition and collapsed in 1973, when its motorcycle interests were folded into Norton Villiers Triumph.
Model Evolution
BSA Through The Years
8 milestone models from 1937 to 1968.
1937Photo: AlfvanBeem · CC0
1938Photo: Ronald Saunders · CC BY-SA 2.0
1946Photo: Yesterdays Antique Motorcycles · CC BY-SA 4.0
1948Photo: Ch vik · CC BY 3.0
1950Photo: ozz13x · CC BY 2.0
1962Photo: Ronald Saunders from Warrington, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0
1965Photo: Stavros1 · CC BY-SA 3.0
1968Photo: SG2012 · CC BY 2.0
Current Lineup
The BSA brand was revived by Classic Legends, a Mahindra Group-backed company, which launched a new Gold Star 650 in 2021.
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